Mechanical movement : toy machine



Sept. 12, 1933. 5 PEAKE MECHANICAL MOVEMENT: TOY MACHINE Filed March 22, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l 27 INVENTOR EDWARD S.PEAKE,

' ATTORNEYS E. S. PEAKE Sept. 12, 1933.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT: TOY MACHINE Filed March 22, 19552 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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INVENTOR EDWARD S. PEAKE,

BY fl\ ATTORNEYS 7 cycle of operations.

Patented Sept. 1 1933 P TENT OFFICE lviv invention relates to firearms and, vin par ticular, to toy fire arms.

It is the object of my invention to provide a 7 machine gun typeiof firearm which. is actuated by. a crank in order to provide continuous firing, preferably from a strip of ammunition In particular, it is the object of myinv ention' to provide such a firearm' by which the strip carrying the ammunition is fedito firing position while the hammer is held inoperative; after feedto firing position the'strip is held against 're tractiomwvhile the hammer is cocked and held v cocked, snd after the'strip is'clamped, the ham mer is reieas'edto fire the'strip'which is still heid until the strip is releasedand again fed'in a new The holding of the strip is continuous until. released bysthe feeding mechanism, thus preventing its retractionof the strip at any time and preventing its forward movement except when being positively so fed.

It is a further objectto provide meansof stripthe 'strip, both from its feeding means and ejection after having been fired. I

of inspection door and means of mounting. it so' asrto faoiiitate the loading andunloading and inspe'ctio'n'of the weapon. "I v It is further chi ect tofprovide positive means: ofwfeedingrthe ammunitionlcarrying strip .so arranged that only theammunition carryingstrip; whichfwill fit theweapon, can be used, inorder to insure uniformity of'operation and accuracy of firing for'safety;

Inparticularpitismy object to provide a springpressed; rotating, firing disk adapted to clamp the ammunition carrying strip against retrogression; a spring-pressure hammer and a common operlockedastc prevent retrogre'ssion-of the strip, the premature firing of the strip and to insure a' rigid holding of the strip except'when-being positivelyfed V a p p 1 It is a further object to provide a spring-pressed moving anvil fwrhich acts as a support for the am-,

munition strip and also as a means 'forclamping the ammunition strip asj'well as receiving the blow from the spring-pressed"hammer, Ihis moving anvil performs the several functions of support ing, feeding, ciarnping' and receiving the blow yieldingly that is givenito the ammunition strip.

'when once interiocked with thec'w'eapon, cannot position,

figure 1 showing .the door in open position and- 'reverse side of the operating cams;

7 It is a further objectto provide a handle which, a

be detached without such positive movement as tojprevent any premature firing. v

Pief-erri igto the drawings: 7 Figure 1 is aside elevationof the the loading side of the weapon; 7,

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof;

' Figure-3 showsthe firing mechanism in position in which the strip is being held after firing just prior to being released and fed to' a new weapon from" r p Figure 4 indicates the parts in feeding posi tion; v

"Figure .5 shows-thelparts just after the strip has been fed and reclamped;

Figure 6 shows the firing of the strip; Figure"? is a top plan view of the weapon with the loading door open showing the spreading of .half of the weapon, which spreading acts asa spring resistance for tl'ie hinge of the c is a section on the line 88 of Figure 3; i r from the firinghammer'soasto insure' its free Figure 9 is a section ion the 1ine9-9 of the. details of the door hinge;

Figureslo is aninside'elevation of the door; Figure 11 is a detail side elevation of the actuating, cams; g V V v @Figure 12 is a detail side elevation of the 2Figure'13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Figure 11 showing the cam operating mechanism;

Figure 14 is a section on the line 14-44 of Figure 3 showing the arrangement of the stripping shoulders to insure the removal of the firing strip from'the feeding diskand the firing hammgr; Q:

V V Figure l5p-is a jmodification'of the'firing disk at'ing meansf or the feeding means and the hammer means successively' operated and so intershowingitstooth feeding arrangement for feeding the. ammunition stripgpositi-velyj Figure' lfi isa detail section between the feed ing' disk' and the clamping pin on the line 16-16 of Figure 3; i c r v Figure". 17 is a perspective of the crank and theinterlocking sleeve carrying the operating cams, which sleeve is engaged 7' by the crank} V shaft; I I

Figure 18 is a plan 'view of the ammunition t p; I 1 7 .Figure 19' is aplan view of the ammunition strip having registering feeding apertures for mounting on the feeding pinsof 'the'feeding disk v v Referring to the drawings in detail} the weapon iscomprised-ofa right hand half; 1

on which is mounted the operating crank 2 and the left hand half 3 on which is mounted the loading door 4. The right hand side is known as the operating side and the left hand side is known as the loading side. 2' is provided with a shaft 5 having a lug 6 which is insertible through a slot v'7 in; the sleeve 8 and then rotated in a groove 9 within this, sleeve until the projection 6 engages the shoulder 10 on the sleeve, thereby rotating the sleeve which carries the cam members 11 and 12.

Associated with the cam members is a feeding shoulder 12a having a serrated face 13 which a may be employed to assistin feeding the ammunition strip. The sleeve 8 and the cams and shoulders thereon are so constructed that when the handle is withdrawn firing can not take place, and the ammunition strip will be hel against movement. i I

The ammunition strip is designated 14, the roller" which is mounted'upon the supporting pin 15 from which the strip 16 is fed. The strip 16 is provided with spaced ammunition firing members 17.v The strip'then passes over the feeding disk 18 :which is freely supported upon the axle 19 which axle is carried on'the swinging, spring-pressed arm 20 that is'pivoted at.'2l and is impelled forwardly by the spring 22 wound uponthe pivot support 21-havingone arm 23 engaging theabutment 24 on thepistol casing and the other, arm 25 engaging the hook 26 on the swinging arm 20. The cap strip hav ingprooeeded between the face. of the disk 18 and the tapered abutment 2'7 proceeds upwardly between the hammer stripping shoulders 28 and over the feeding disk stripping shoulders 29 out through the apertures 30 which is the ejection aperture at the top of the weapon; When in clamping position; the disk 18 rests upon the tapered abutment 27. The, disk itself has a tapered face which facilitates this operation. :v

As the cam members 11 and 12 are operated,

theyengagethe surface ofthe strip 16 where it rests upon'the disk 18 and lift the disk iagainst the resistance of its spring 22 .causingthe disk to rotate and-the strip 16 to feed forwardly. At this time the opposite cam preventsthe hammer 31'having a hammer face 32 frommoving to firing position under the impulse of its spring 33 wound J'on'its pivot support'34ysuch spring having one arm 35 engaging the abutment 36 and the other arm engaging the hook 3'7 on the hammer 31;

This hammer is provided with a cam surface 38 for engaging with the rotating cam so that the eam will hold the hammer in inoperative position during the period desired. Upon the completion of the feeding operation, the disk 18 drops back upon the abutment27 clamping the ammunition strip between the disk and the abutment against further movement. Thereafter, the cani' the crank continues to operate a newfee'ding operation takes'place ejecting the fired portion of the strip and presenting a new ammunition spot 17 into firing position, as heretofore described;

The'ammunition strip is prevented from stick- 3 ing to the face 32 of the hammer 31 by the shoulders '28 and is prevented from sticking to the disk 18 by 1 the; shoulders 29, such shoulders being spaced apart to permit the disk and hammer to reciprocaterback and forth between -the shoulders to effect the stripping operation.

The crank It will be noted that the strip is intermittently fed and, when not being fed, is positively held against retrogression or progression.

In order to provide access to the interior of the weapon, the door 4with the thumb piece 39 is provided with a pair of vertically-extending hinge members 40 which are engaged between the angular-faced shoulders 41 on the half of the weapon marked 1 and a fiat face abutment 42 having end shoulders 43 for engaging the arcuate face 44 of I the upward projecting members 40. Thus, when the door is swung open, it will tend, by reason of the cam construction of the upwardly projecting members 40, to force this support and engaging shoulders 41 and 42 apart. This results in springing the rear ends of the halves 1 and 3 I apart, ,I

This spring resistance acts as a spring to hold the door either in open or closed position. The

resiliency of the metal comprising the halves 1 and 3 provides this sufiicient spring action because the halves are connected together only at their forward ends by the screws or bolts 45. The halves areconnected together adjacent the bottom of the weapon through the halves of the weapon comprising the butt as at 46. The door is thus provided with a hinge comprising cam membersengaging with cam shoulders on therespective halves'of the body of the weapon.

As, the door is moved so that the cams pass over dead center the halves of the weapon at the rear are sprung apart and yieldingly resist this movement and yieldingly retain the door either in its open position or its closed position.

As will be seen in Figures 15 and 19,'the feeding disk 18 may be provided with feeding pins 18a engaging the apertures 18b of the strip 16 so as to insure positive feeding of the strip.

,These pins accurately fit the apertures in the strip so that unauthorized ammunition cannot be used in the weapon, thus insuring the safe and satisfactoryoperation of the weapon with ammunitionidesigned for it. I

One of the advantages of-my invention is to provide a spring-pressed, rotating disk which acts as a yielding anvil while at the same time acts as'a feeding member which will yieldingly accommodate itself to different thicknesses of strip so that the parts are self-adjusting for both feeding and firingj and also absorb the shock of firing. It also acts, as a strip clamp.

In a weapon of this character it is necessary to make-the parts simple, strong and effective. This vinvention'provides automatic operation, continuous firing, absolute safety, together with meeting the requirements of cheapness, which is difficult to-satisfy in weapons having continuous, automatic safe firing operations. I

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying'conditions and uses. I I I I I Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim. as new and Patent, isz.

1; In a weapon, meanjs to hold an ammunition strip, a sleeve having thereon means to'periodically engage said'holding means and ammunition strip to move the strip, firing means adapt-' ed "to-engage said ammunition strip and holding means while not moving, and means on the second-named means for rendering saidfiring means inoperative while the ammunition strip is" being fed- L 2. In a weapon having a continuous strip of i masses having thereon means for engaging said ammunition strip and theholding. meansfor feeding thestrip forward, means of firing the ammuni tion strip, and means on the second-named means for holding the firing means inoperative. during the feeding operation. 3. In ajweapon-having a continuous strip with spaced ammunition members therein, a-rotating' feeding and clamping mandrel, a cooperating clamping member. -.to clamp the strip between it and the mandrel, a feeding means for lifting said mandrel and moving it with the strip and a firing means. Y I

4. In a weapon having a continuousstrip with spaced ammunition members therein, a rotating.

. feeding and clamping mandrel, a cooperating adapted to disengage the clamping means fromclamping position while feeding, a firing means, and means operated by the firing means to render it"inoperative during feeding.

6; In a weapon having a continuous strip'of spaced ammunition members, a feeding disk rotatably and yieldingly supported, a clamping abutment adapted to engage the strip between the disk'andthe abutment, a feeding fingeradapted to liftthe disk, rotate it and feed the strip thereon and then lower the disk and strip into engagement with the abutment, a firing hammer, and means associated V with the feeding finger for maintaining the firing hammer inoperative during feeding. V

"7. In. a weapon having a continuous strip of spacedlammunition members a commonjoperating means, a rotatably and yieldingly supported feeding disken which the strip is mounted, an

abutment between which and the disk the strip is clamped, a firing hammer adapted to rest upon the-disk and the strip, yielding means for im-'- pellin-g the hammer into strip-engaging position,

a feeding means associated with the common operating means for lifting the disk from its clamping abutment and feeding'thestripand simultaneously lifting the firing hammer from the strip, holding it off of the strip, and permit ting it to engage the strip after the completion of the feeding operation and the reengagementpf the strip between the feeding disk and abutment.

8. In a weapon having a continuous strip of spaced'ammunition'members, a common operating means, arotatably 'and yieldingly supported feeding disk on which the strip is mounted, an

; abutment between which and the disk the strip is clamped, a firing hammer adapted to rest upon the disk and the strip, yielding means for impelling the hammer into strip-engaging position, a

feeding'means associated'with the common operating means for lifting thefdisk from its clamp-' ing abutment and feeding the strip and simultaneouslyv lifting the firing hammer from the strip, holding itoff of the,strip-, and permitting it to engage the strip after the completion ofthe feeding operation and the, reengagementiof the strip betweenthe feeding disk and abutment and ing meansIarotatably and yieldingly supported stripping means for. stripping said strip from the feeding disk. Y

1 91 111 a weapon having a continuous strip of spacedamniunition members, a common operatfeedingj disk :on which the strip is ,mounted; an abutment between which and the disk the stripis clamped, a firing hammer adapted to restupon the disk and the strip, yielding means for impelling the hammer into strip-engaging position, a ieedii'lg means associated with the common operating means for lifting thedisk from its clamping abutment and feeding the strip and simultaneously' lifting the firing hammer from the strip, holdingitoff of the strip, and permitting I? it to engage the strip after the completion of the feeding, operation and the reengagement of the stripbetween the feeding disk and abutment, strippi means for stripping s'aidstrip from'the feedmgdisk, and stripping means for stripping said strip fromthe firing hammer. 10. In a weapon havinga continuous'strip of spaced ammunition members, means to support aroll ofthe strip, a spring-pressed arm pivoted in the weapon, a disk freely mounted rotatable I00 thereon'adapted to carry the strip on its periphery, an'abutment associated in spaced relationship to the disk between which and the'disk the r strip is clamped, a. spring-pressed hammer having a cam face and a firingface, a. handle adapted 195 to rotate, actuating fingers, one of which is adapt- 'ed to lift thedisk and strip fromlthe abutment and feed the strip withthe disk while lifting the hammer .andholdingthe hammer in elevated position until the strip is fed and reclamped, where- 119 upon the hammeris allowed toengage. this strip and disk, and yielding means to cause said'eneas ment; r l I I x r 11. In combination in a weapon having a continuous strip ofspaced ammunition members, the combination of meansfor clamping the. ammunition strip, a sleeve having thereonmeans for releasing the clamping means and feeding the ammunitionstrip, meansfor reclamping the feeding strip, and means operated by thesecond-named means for firing the ammunition. strip.

l2; In a. wea'pom having a continuousstrip of spaced ammumtion=members, a yielding movable feeding-anvil, al firing means, and means for supplying an ammunition strip therebetween. I

, 1.3. In a, weapon having a continuous strip of spaced ammunition members, a yielding rotatable feeding anvil, a firing means, meansfor. supplyingan ammunition strip therebetween, a holding a means for holding'the strip on. the'anvil. against movement.

14; In a weaponhavi ng a continuous strip of spaced ammunition members, a, yielding feeding anvil, a firing means, means for supplying an ammunition strip therebetween, a holding means for .holding the strip on the anvil against movement, "and means for successively releasing the strip,

feeding. the strip and releasing the firing means to engage the strip after the strip is released and reheld.

15. In'a weapon having a continuous strip of spaced ammunition'members, a rotatable anvil, means to clamp the strip on the anvil, a firing hammer, means to'retract the hammer, releasing the strip and feeding it and thereafter permitting the reengagement of the strip to hold it and to release the hammerto firing position.

16. In a weapon having a continuous strip of spaced ammunition members, a rotatableanvil,

means to clamp the strip on the anviLa'firing hammer, means to retract the hammer, releasing the strip and feeding it and thereafter permit-' ting the reengagement of the strip to hold it and to. release the'hammer to firing .position,.and means to 'yieldingly impel the anvil intostrip clamping position andto yieldingly hold the strip between it and the strip feeding feeding is taking place; I

' 17. In. a weapon having ,a continuous strip of spaced ammunition members, a rotatable anvil,

.means to clamp thestrip on the anvil, a firing hammer, means to retract the. hammer, releasing spaced ammunition members, a'casing, a handle mounted -on said casing projecting into theinterior thereof, means of supporting a supply of ammunition strip,za feeding andclamping means engagingjsaid strip and directing it out of the fca'sing,aa firing'hammer, and means operated by said handle for engaging-said strip and moving it to firing position, cocking the hammer, releasing the strip so that it may be reengaged and releasing the hammer.

19. In a weapon havinga continuous strip of spaced ammunition members, a casing, a handle mounted on said casing projecting into the interior thereof, means of supporting a supply of ammunition strip, a feeding and clamping means engaging said strip, and directing it out of the casing, a firing hammer, and means oper'atedby said handle for engaging said strip and moving it to firing position, cooking the hammer, releasing the strip so that it maybe reengaged and releasing the hammer, and a bayonet joint between said handle and said last mentioned means, whereby said handle may be detachably locked thereto andunlocked therefromm 20. In a weaponhaving a continuous strip of spaced ammunition members, a detachable handle, a casing, means including a rotatable anvil for. clamping, feeding, reclamping and firing an ammunition strip carried in" said casing-and ejecting said strip therefrom operable by said handle; said means being so arranged that, when l the handle is detached, firing cannot takeplace but said ammunition 'strip will be held against ""movement'and the hammer-will be positioned in inoperative'position for firing 21.1 In a weapon having a continuous strip havingtspaced ammunition members,'a handle having rotary movement for continuousactuationof the feeding and firing mechanism, feeding means means while including a rotatable anvil, a clamping means and firingmeans actuatedbysaid handle.

22. In a. weapon having a continuous strip,

spaced ammunition members, a handle having rotarymovement for continuous actuation of the feeding and. firing mechanism, feeding means, clamping .means, and firing means actuated by said handle, and means associated with said handle for controlling the successive operations of unclamping the strip, feeding it, permitting it to 'be reclamped, cooking the firing means, holding it. incocked'position and'releasing it for firing.

l 23. In a weapon, means to supportaroll of ammunition, a hammer, a swinging roller for guiding the ammunition, and a rotatable member for operating the hammer cooperating with the swinging roller for feeding the ammunition.

I 24. In a weapon, means to support a roll of I ammunition, a hammer, an oscillatory roller for guiding the ammunition, and a rotatable member having 'cams thereon for operating the hammer and for feeding the ammunition;

25. In a weapon, a casing having in one side a cavity and a pin in the cavity, an arm located in the cavity and pivoted-at one end to the pin, a roller on the other end of the arm for guiding a strip'of ammunition, and a rotatable member having means thereon cooperating with the roller to feed the strip and after the feeding of the strip to cause an impact upon the strip.

26. In a weapon, a casing having in one side acavity and a pinin the cavity, an arm located in the cavity and pivoted at one endto the pin, a roller on the other end of the arm for guiding a strip .of ammunition, and a rotatable member having a ,pair of cams thereon cofoperatingwith the roller to feed the strip and after the feeding of'the strip to cause an impact upon the strip.

27. In a weapon, a casing having in one side a cavity and a pin in the cavity, an arm in the cavitypivoted at one end to the pin, a roller-on the other end of the arm for guiding a strip of ammunition, means to produce impacts upon the strip, and a rotatable member having a projectionfthereon cooperating with theroller to feed the strip and after the strip is fed operating said means to produce an impact upon the strip.

28. In a Weapon, a casing having in one side a cavity and a pin in the cavity, an arm in the cavity pivoted at one end to the pin, a roller on the other end of the arm for guiding a strip of ammunition, means to produce impacts upon the strip, and a rotatable member having thereon a pair of projections, one projection cooperating with the roller to feed the strip while'the other proifibtionis operating on the impact producing means. EDWARD S. PEAKE. 

